CVE-2018-21055

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8

Description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.0) (Qualcomm models using MSM8996 chipsets) software. A device can be rooted with a custom image to execute arbitrary scripts in the INIT context. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-11940 (September 2018).

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2018-21055

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-04-08T18:15:13

Last Modified Date
2020-04-09T17:04:57

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:h:qualcomm:msm8996:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
10

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
10

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
9.8

Base Severity
CRITICAL

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21055
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-21055

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:45:01				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 14:10:26	2020-04-08T18:15Z	2020-04-08T18:15:13	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 14:10:26		2020-04-09T17:04:57	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 14:10:26		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated